Lattice Of Coincidence

 One of the effects of the New Year's Terror Attacks on the United States may be that people may start to shy away from renting pickups. In particular Elongated Mush's vaunted Cybertruck. In case you missed it, after decades of keeping terrorist activity down to, if you'll pardon the pun, a dull roar, the carnage and destruction witnessed on January first in New Orleans and Las Vegas reminded us once again that we are not immune from this kind of devastation.

Authorities were quick to follow the link between the two attacks, citing the use of the vehicle renting application Turo, which was used to acquire both of the trucks used in the conicidental strikes on American soil. For those of you unfamiliar, Turo is a company that allows private citizens to "share" their cars with folks who are shopping for a particular ride in a a particular city. Like if you were headed out to the Big Easy or Sin City and wanted to be able to carry a restricted cargo in the back of a machine that has become synonymous with the American experience. The Ford truck and the Cybertruck used were both electric vehicles. Go ahead and make of that what you might, but I suppose we can all breathe a sigh of relief that terrorists are now becoming more environmentally conscious. 

Also, this is just a reminder that the way terrorism works is to undermine the safety and overall well-being of those outside the blast radius. We are still taking off our shoes and waiting in hours-long lines to get on an airplane nearly a quarter of a century after the attacks of September 11, 2001. And as much as the Head MAGAt would like to pin these crimes on "immigrants who have created a crime wave," we should all be reminded that both of the gentlemen involved were United States citizens. What they had in common was experience in our military, which no doubt allowed them the training and experience necessary to put their twisted plans into action. 

The effects of these events are already being felt, the most readily apparent being the postponement of College Football's Sugar Bowl, held in New Orleans. Suddenly local authorities there were confronted by the potential of another larger mass casualty event, and the powers that be rushed to the pause button to keep from being caught even more unawares. Reckoning on being part of a world that is regularly confronted with car bombs and terror attacks is not something Americans are very good at. 

You don't have to be a conspiracy lover or a counterintelligence wonk to appreciate just what evil is currently being unleashed. How will we respond? Something tells me that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, currently working overtime to investigate these incidents as is their titular responsibility won't be disbanded anytime soon. The potential for waking up in a country with a "secret police" force just grew again. 

Sleep tight, America.